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The Cavalier (ソシアルナイト, Soshiaru naito lit. Social Knight in Japanese versions) is a horse-mounted combat physical class that is usually capable of arming either Lances or Swords as its weapons of choice. While Cavaliers do not possess high HP, Strength and Defense, they can move very long distances across the battlefield, riding quickly from one area to another. In later titles, the introduction of the Weapon Triangle makes these characters much more versatile in fighting different types of foes. Utilizing their ability to use both the Sword and the Lance gives them barely any weaknesses when facing any type of melee fighter in battle.

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In its original inception in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the Social Knight class is established as the pioneer class of Lance-wielding knights riding into battle on horseback. Cavaliers promote into Paladins in this title.

In Gaiden, the Cavalier class is simply known as the Knight (ナイト Naito). It acts as one of the promoted forms of the Villager class, and is able to further promote into the Paladin class. Knight only uses Lances as no class can wield multiple melee weapons in Gaiden. However some artwork for Knight class characters depicts them with Swords.

Mystery of the Emblem had Cavaliers using lances exclusively once more, however the introduction of the Dismount feature changed up the cavalier class. Cavalier characters had the option to dismount and were forced to do so during indoor levels. When dismounted, Cavaliers lose 3 movement and the ability to use lances, whilst gaining the ability to use swords and to traverse the same terrain infantry can.

In Genealogy of the Holy War, the Cavalier class returns, and is joined by three similar horse-mounted versions each exclusive to one weapon: the Lance, Sword, and Axe Knights. The cavalier can use both swords and lances in exchange for having a lower weapon rank then the other mounted classes.

In Thracia 776, Cavalier is once again alongside the mounted weapon knight classes. Cavaliers can dismount similar to Mystery of the Emblem.

In TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga, Elbert is the sole playable unit in the class, known as Sergeant Knight (サージェンナイト sājennaito) and promotes to Paladin as per usual. Two variants of the class are also seen throughout the game, the Imperial Knight (帝国騎士 teikoku kishi) and the Royal Army Knight (騎士団 王国騎士 kishidan ōkoku kishi), associated with cavaliers aligned with the Raze Empire and Verian Kingdom respectively. Both of them are unplayable.

In Awakening and Fates, the Cavalier class, much like its The Sacred Stones iteration, is able to choose between the Paladin and Great Knight classes to promote into.

In Fates, the Cavalier class is treated as a Nohrian class and it considered the counterpart to the Ninja class of Hoshido.

In the spinoff Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, Cavaliers are one of the classes in the game. While retaining their use of Lances, Cavaliers ride motorcycles instead of horses to fit the theme of the game. The playable Cavalier, the MirageCain has the option to promote into either a Paladin or Dark Knight.

The remake of Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia features Cavaliers again. Cavaliers again exclusively use Lances, though the class is now one of the promoted forms for Female Villagers, a new class.

In the Koei spinoff, Warriors, Cavaliers are featured as a class used by enemy officers. Due to being a clone of the Paladin class, the cavaliers in the game exclusively use swords for the first time in the series. Despite Cavaliers being a sword class in the game, their map sprites, taken from Awakening, depict them with Lances. This iteration also has a Hoshidan version, called the Expert Rider (騎馬武者, Kiba Musha, translates to Calvary Warrior).

As with all mounted units, the Cavalier class is able to traverse battlefields with ease due to its high Movement. Using this ability is often helpful to assist other characters at a far-off distance, meet certain objectives or quickly block enemy advances.

Cavaliers also make excellent rescuers once the Rescue command is introduced to the series; able to move far distances, they can thus pick up injured allies and move them to safety near a healer or somewhere safe with ease. The Rescue command also allows one to move slower units into battle at a much quicker pace. Due to their average combat abilities, it is thence not recommended for Cavaliers to battle foes of similar or greater strength. The ability to close in on units from a distance, however, makes them outstanding units to use against Archers and Snipers.

Overall, Cavaliers make strong support characters for other classes. With their ability to wield both Swords and Lances, which allows them to use several weapons imbued with weapon effectiveness, and their strong movement abilities, they can be extremely useful units.

Typically, most Cavaliers lean more towards the use of Lances. Gaiden is the only main game where they use only one weapon type (Lances), as no class in this game use more than two melee weapon types.

One is their often low Resistance, which is usually never much of a problem due to their high HP.

While Cavaliers have great Movement capabilities, they also have a lot of terrain restrictions, which can pose a huge problem in stretches of terrain that make it harder for them to move or terrain that they cannot tread.